"There are a lot of homes for boys,……" — Miriam Makeba
"There are a lot of homes for boys, but very few for girls, that is why I chose to do for girls."
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29 Quotes by Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba has 29 quotes on this site.
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Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.
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I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I…
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There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until…
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People in the United States still have a 'Tarzan' movie view of Africa. That's because in the movies all you…
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Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the…
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Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them
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I look at a stream and I see myself: a native South African, flowing irresistibly over hard obstacles until they…
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I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be…
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I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image…
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But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.
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In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.
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In New York I heard A Piece of Ground, written by a white South African, Jeremy Taylor. I modified it…
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As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of…
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I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't…
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John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he…
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Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
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See things from the boy's point of view.
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
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The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
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I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself -…
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Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The…
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I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile…
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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no…
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